"This transatlantic collaboration (...) was originally commisioned in 2014 by the English Folk Dance & Song Society to explore the connections between English and African-American musical traditions. It's one of those ideas that always looks good on a funding application, but doesn't necessarily guarantee a succesfully empathitic artistic outcome. Thankfully, this particular pairing proved a winner from the get-go ... Simpson has, of course, long been an admirer and exponent of the kind of vintage Americana that is Flemons stock-in-trade as "The American Songster" ... The musicianship is (...) exemplary, with each performer supporting and enhancing each other's songs - Simpson with guitar and banjo, Flemons with those plus bones, quills and harmonicas ... There's a real sense of joy taken in each other's company and contrasting performance styles".